Sideroxylon. | SAPOTACE (Harvey). 439 
2. S. Randii (S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1903, 402); a shrub ; 
branches subterete, densely leafy, at first reddish-tomentose, at 
length shortly pubescent ; leaves oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, slightly 
retuse or rarely with a black apiculus, 11-21 in. long, 3-1 in. . 
wide, at first greyish pubescent above, soon glabrous and pale 
green, reddish-tomentose below; midrib impressed above, promi- 
nent beneath; secondary veins about 30, inconspicuous above ; 
petiole about 2 lin. long, stout, channelled above, shortly pubescent ; 
stipules linear-subulate, usually curved, pubescent ; flowers axillary, 
solitary or few ; peduncles longer than the flowers, rusty-tomentose ; 
calyx-lobes 5, free, broadly ovate, obtuse, rusty-tomentose outside, 
finely grey-pubescent within ; corolla-lobes 5, ovate, a little longer 
than the tube ; stamens subincluded, inserted at the very base of 
the lobes; anthers longer than the filaments, mucronulate; stami- 
nodes broadly ovate, much shorter than the stamens ; ovary ovoid, 
4-celled, densely rusty-villous; style a little shorter than the ovary ; 
stigma simple. 
Katanari Reeion: Transvaal; Johannesburg, northern escarpment of Wit- 
watersrand series, Rand, 1017! 
III. MIMUSOPS, Linn. 
Calyx 6-8-partite ; lobes biseriate. Corolla 18-24-partite, with a 
short tube ; segments thrice as many as the calyx-lobes, biseriate ; 
the outer row consisting of 12-16 linear spreading lobes, 2 opposite 
each calyx-lobe; the inner (appendages of Engler) of 6-8, strictly 
opposite the calycine lobes, linear, erect. Stamens on the corolla- 
tube; the fertile as many as the calyx-lobes, opposite the inner 
corolla-lobes ; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, longer than the filament 4 
the sterile alternating with the fertile, ovate, acute, toothed, hairy 
at the back, sometimes 2-lobed or 2-partite. Ovary hairy, with 6-8 
cells, Berry 1—2-celled, 1-2-seeded. DC. Prodr. viii. 201. 
Trees or shrubs, chiefly tropical, with milky juice. Leaves alternate, entire, 
mostly coriaceous and shining. Pedicels axillary, mostly in tufts. Flowers often 
fragrant, white. Name from pimw, an ape, and ois, resemblance ; not very 
appropriate. 
Flowers 3-merous : 
Staminodes none ns 4a ui Ses ... (1) discolor. 
Staminodes present... ive se ae ... (2) natalensis. 
Flowers 4-merous : 
Leaves scattered te iM ae ae (3) Woodii, 
Leaves collected at the ends of the branchlets : 
Twigs, petioles and under-side of leaves ad- 
pressedly pubescent ; leaves obovate ... (4) caffra. 
Twigs rufo-tomentulose ; leaves long-petioled, 4 
oblong-lanceolate, glabrous .. (5) Zeyheri. 
Twigs, petioles and under-side of leaves quite 
glabrous : : 
Leaves laxly veined or coarsely net-veined : 
Fruit as large as a hen’s egg; leaves : 
4 in. long, 2 in. wide rcs ... (6) marginata. 
Fruit not an inch long : 
Leaves obovate or obovate-oblong (7) obovata. 
